Level of Acceptances

Pendragon PLC
18 February 2004


Immediate Release
18 February 2004

This announcement is not for release, publication or distribution in or into the
United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, the Republic of Ireland or
Japan.

                             RECOMMENDED CASH OFFER

                                       by

                             KPMG CORPORATE FINANCE

                                  on behalf of

                          PENDRAGON PLC ('Pendragon')

                                      for

                         CD BRAMALL PLC ('CD Bramall')



                              LEVEL OF ACCEPTANCES

Pendragon announces that by 3.00 p.m. on 17 February 2004, being the first
closing date of the Offer, Pendragon had received valid acceptances in respect
of 31,521,001 CD Bramall Shares, representing 81.7 per cent of the entire issued
share capital of CD Bramall. The closing date for the Offer has been extended to
3.00 p.m. on 24 February 2004.

The proposed acquisition by Pendragon of the entire issued share capital of CD
Bramall is conditional, inter alia, on approval by Pendragon Shareholders. An
extraordinary general meeting of Pendragon is to be held at 10.00 a.m. on 25
February 2004 for this purpose.

Included within these acceptances are acceptances in respect of 12,793,521 CD
Bramall Shares, representing in aggregate approximately 33.2 per cent of the
entire issued share capital of CD Bramall, which were the subject of irrevocable
undertakings to accept the Offer from each of the CD Bramall Directors in
respect of their entire holdings of CD Bramall Shares and the holdings of those
persons connected with them (in addition, there remain 19,800 CD Bramall Shares
for which irrevocable undertakings were given but for which valid acceptances
have not yet been received).

Also included within these acceptances are acceptances in respect of 5,901,673
CD Bramall Shares, representing in aggregate approximately 15.3 per cent of the
entire issued share capital of CD Bramall, which were the subject of irrevocable
undertakings to accept the Offer from each of Framlington Investment Management
Limited, AEGON Asset Management UK plc and Jupiter Asset Management Limited.

Prior to the commencement of the Offer Period, neither Pendragon, nor any person
deemed to be acting in concert with it, owned or controlled any CD Bramall
Shares, or any rights over CD Bramall Shares.  Neither Pendragon, nor any person
deemed to be acting in concert with it, has acquired or agreed to acquire any CD
Bramall Shares or any rights over CD Bramall Shares during the Offer Period.

CD Bramall Shareholders who have not yet accepted the Offer, and who wish to do
so, should despatch their Form of Acceptance as soon as possible and, in any
event so as to be received no later than 3.00 p.m. on 24 February 2004. The
procedures for acceptance of the Offer are set out on pages 15 to 17 of the
Offer Document and in the Form of Acceptance. If you are in any doubt about the
Offer, and/or any action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own
personal financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager,
accountant, solicitor or other financial adviser duly authorised under the
Financial Services and Markets Act 2000, who specialises in advising upon
investment in shares and other securities if you are in the United Kingdom or,
if not, from another appropriately authorised financial adviser in your own
jurisdiction. Additional copies of the Offer Document and Form of Acceptance can
be obtained from Computershare Investor Services PLC (telephone [phone]).

Terms defined in the Offer Document dated 27 January 2004 have the same meaning
in this announcement save where the context requires otherwise.

Enquiries:


Pendragon                          Trevor Finn               Tel: [phone]
                                   David Forsyth

KPMG Corporate Finance             Charles E Cattaneo        Tel: [phone]
                                   Andrew Wild

Arden Partners Limited             John Paterson             Tel: [phone]
                                   Andrew Raca


The Pendragon Directors accept responsibility for the information contained in
this announcement. To the best of the knowledge and belief of the Pendragon
Directors (who have taken all reasonable care to ensure that such is the case),
the information contained in this announcement is in accordance with the facts
and does not omit anything likely to affect the import of such information.

KPMG Corporate Finance, a division of KPMG LLP which is authorised in the United
Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority for investment business activities,
is acting for Pendragon as financial adviser in relation to the Offer and is not
acting for any other person in relation to the Offer. KPMG Corporate Finance
will not be responsible to anyone other than Pendragon for providing the
protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the
contents of this announcement or any transaction or arrangement referred to
herein.

Arden Partners Limited, which is regulated by the Financial Services Authority,
is acting as broker to Pendragon and will not be responsible to anyone other
than Pendragon for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for
providing advice in relation to the contents of this announcement or the
transaction referred to herein.

This announcement does not constitute an offer or invitation to purchase any
securities.

The contents of this announcement have been approved for the purposes of Section
21 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 by KPMG Corporate Finance. The
address of KPMG Corporate Finance is 8 Salisbury Square, London, EC4Y 8BB.

The Offer is not being and will not be made, directly or indirectly, in or into,
or by use of the mails of, or by any means or instrumentality (including,
without limitation, facsimile transmission, electronic mail, telex or telephone)
of interstate or foreign commerce of, or any facilities of a national securities
exchange of, the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, the Republic of
Ireland or Japan and the Offer will not be capable of acceptance by any such
use, means, instrumentality or facility, directly or indirectly from or within
the United States, Canada, Australia, South Africa, the Republic of Ireland or
Japan.

The Loan Notes to be issued pursuant to the Offer have not been nor will they be
registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under
any of the relevant securities laws of Canada, Australia, South Africa, the
Republic of Ireland or Japan.  Accordingly, unless an exemption under any
applicable laws is available, the Loan Notes may not be offered, sold or
delivered, directly or indirectly, in or into the United States, Canada,
Australia, South Africa, the Republic of Ireland or Japan or any other country
outside the United Kingdom where such distribution may otherwise lead to a
breach of any law or regulatory requirement or to or for the account or benefit
of any person in such countries.




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